Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library

Hu Wan and the sleeping dragon

Label
Hu Wan and the sleeping dragon
Language
eng
Index
no index present
Literary Form
fiction
Main title
Hu Wan and the sleeping dragon
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Summary
Outside Beijing, China, in the year 1572, nine-year-old Hu-Wan tends the vegetable garden with his grandfather. Their specialty is growing gourds that are made into ladles and bowls and sold in the marketplace. Each year, one special gourd is made into a cricket cage. This year, it is Hu-Wan's turn to grow and carve the special gourd. He decides it should be carved into the shape of a sleeping dragon. When Hu-Wan learns that the emperor has died and his nine-year-old son is named Emperor of China, he decides to give the dragon cricket cage to the young emperor to offer comfort and cheer
Target audience
juvenile
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Contributor
Content
Illustrator